G/SPS/N/UKR/194  
 
25 January 2023  
(23-0590) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Plants, plant products, other objects and plant protection products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Law of Ukraine "On State Regulation of Plant 
Protection Sphere" . Language(s):  Ukrainian . Number of pages:  140 
https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/pubFile/1607281   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UKR/23_0653_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The draft Law is developed with the aim of unification, 
moderniz ation of Ukrainian legislation in the sphere of plant protection and its 
approximation to relevant EU law.  
Key provisions of the draft Law are the following:  
• improvement of requirements for state control over the placing on the market and use 
of plant prot ection products, taking into account the relevant EU legislation;  
• implementation of the European traceability model provided for by Regulations (EU) 
No. 2016/2031 and other EU legal acts, including the use of the "plant passport", 
which will ensure traceability of plant, plant products and other objects; authorization 
of private persons to perform certain functions of the state (in particular, conducting 
laboratory tests, issuing plant passports, conducting training on the safe use of plant 
protectio n products, carrying out technical inspection of equipment for the use of plant 
protection products);  
• introduction of the state registration system (registers) in the sphere of plant 
protection;  
• introduction of lists regarding the movement of plants, plant  products, other objects 
and plant protection products for the purposes of state control and other official 
activities; setting requirements for importing (sending) into the customs territory of 
Ukraine, movement through the territory of Ukraine of plants,  plant products, other 
objects, plant protection products;  
• introduction of a document stipulated by Regulation (EU) No. 2016/2031 that is a 
permit for importing (sending) into the customs territory of Ukraine of regulated pests 
and certain plant species, p roducts of plant origin and other objects intended for state 
testing, scientific or academic purposes, approbation, varietal selection or breeding;  
• implementation of the provisions of Regulation (EU) No. 2017/625, in particular with 
regard to general requi rements for state control, methods and techniques of 
implementation of state control measures and other official activities, audit of 
authorized persons, independent audit of the competent body.  G/SPS/N/UKR/194  
 
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  From the date of entry into force of this Law, the current La ws of Ukraine "On Plant 
Quarantine" and "On Plant Protection" shall cease to be valid.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Hea lth (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 05, 
ISPM 06, ISPM 08, ISPM 09, ISPM 10, ISPM 11, ISPM 12, ISPM 15, ISPM 21  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : The Law will enter into  force in three years from the date of its publication, 
except for paragraph 5 of Section XII, which will enter into force from the day following 
the day of its publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 March 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Economу of Ukraine  
Department for Trade Agreements and Export Development  
12/2 Hrushevskoho Str.  
Tel: +(38 044) 596 6839  
Fax: +(38 044) 596 6839  
E-mail: ep@me.gov.ua  
Website: https://www.me.gov.ua  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: